Episode 11: Oscar-Winning Costume Director Catherine Martin Opens Up About The Film Elvis

Photo Credit: Hugh Stewart

Catherine on set with Austin Butler and Baz Luhrman

Catherine Martin is a two-time Academy Award winning costume designer, wife, and mother. Her work transcends her as she is leaving her imprint on the film industry. She’s done the costumes for Baz Luhrman’s Romeo + Juliet, Australia, Moulin Rouge! and The Great Gatsby- the latter two she won Academy Awards for.

I speak with Martin about her costume design work in the film Elvis, that Luhrmann also directed. And, for which she’s been nominated for another Academy Award this year.

As she walks into the interview, the medium height designer is dressed in head to toe black, even the rim of her glasses are flamboyant yet black, drawing out her stylish short blonde hairstyle. Her big smile shifts the atmosphere in the room, as nestled onto the sofa to talk about what everyone is still talking about: Elvis.

Opening up she talked about how she met Luhrmann and how the two have a shared passion for film, and how what they have done over the years is organic yet planned.